Author : Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391411569
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (115 download)
Book Synopsis Food of the Robins and Bluebirds of the United States (Classic Reprint) by : Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal
Download or read book Food of the Robins and Bluebirds of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Food of the Robins and Bluebirds of the United States Few native American birds are more universally cherished than those well-known harbingers of spring, the robins and bluebirds. On esthetic grounds alone they receive full protection, partly from the romance that clusters about them in story and legend and partly because of their graceful shape and movement, bright color and pleasing song, and close association with man and his works. Quick to realize their safety the birds nest and rear their young about human abodes, and at times becomes very abundant, their numbers frequently reaching such proportions that apprehension is felt that they may become dangerous to agriculture and horticulture. A study of their economic status therefore. Is of the utmost importance, especially when it is considered that a bird's reputation is very often affected one way or the other merely by hearsay evidence. Investigation discloses that in addition to their pleasing qualities robins and bluebirds perform a very useful function in reducing the hordes of insect life constantly preying upon the crops of the farmer. In this work a large part of their food consists of insects and they feed their young upon them almost exclusively. It is recognized that birds are one of the necessary checks provided by nature upon the increase of the vast number of insects produced each year; that without them there would be a greater destruction of vegetation; and that certain crops of the farmer now regularly matured would, if raised at all, be raised only with increased di roulty and added labor. Prominent among the insect eaters are the thrushes, the group which includes the robins and bluebirds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
